Volume 2! CE Credits Provided by UNLV School of Dental Medicine

New volume 2! We have now released 9 more hours of video-based education, packed full of amazing concepts in digital dentistry!

Are you confused by 3D Printing? Does the thought of being able to go completely digital terrify you? Have you always wanted to make your own surgical guides? Have you talked to sales reps for 3D printing companies and frustrated by how much it costs to get into printing in your own practice/lab?

This exciting course covers everything you, your assistants, and your laboratory needs to know about 3D printing and will answer all of your digital questions and address your digital concerns! We cover the basics all the way up to the advanced level methods of using intraoral and optical scanning techniques, free software to edit dental models, 3D printing techniques, and multiple methods for fabricating surgical guides. We teach using low-cost, desktop grade 3D printers that cost less than $4,000 for a printer and dental models only cost around $1-2 each and surgical guides $4-5 each!

Also included is up to 23 hours of continuing education credits provided by UNLV School of Dental Medicine. Once fully completed, the course provides 15 hours of video-based learning credits and up to 8 hours of independent study CE credits!

This course utilizes learning skills and educational content that is 10% projection slides and 90% video-based education. We emphasize simulated "LIVE" video based techniques to demonstrate the use of scanners, printers, software, and surgical guide fabrication and demonstration. You will be provided with files containing DICOM and STL files of demonstrated cases for you to follow along. Finally, we provide multiple "cheat-sheet" handouts for you to print in your practice to simplify digital techniques for you and your assistants to best learn all of these technologies!

To receive the best education possible, this course is broken down into 5 sections:

Section I:Fundamentals of 3D Dentistry & Intraoral Optical Scanning

Covering all of the basics of digital dentistry, how to incorporate affordable intraoral scanning techniques and a review of multiple scanners available on the market.

This section focuses on the basics of using intraoral scans, exporting STL files, the basics of working with the files including modeling and basic smoothing techniques. We walk you through downloading the software, opening STL files, and working with them. Also included is how to set-up the Formlabs Form2 desktop 3D printer, installing cartridges, and getting basic models to print successfully!

Topics include:

Downloading and Installing Software

Exporting STL files from an Intraoral Scanner

Open STL files in Open Source CAD Software Packages Including Netfabb, Meshmixer

A comprehensive introduction and in-depth discussion regarding using free software downloaded from the internet to help with basic to advanced restorative dentistry topics. We emphasize using a custom virtual tooth library that you can install into your software for free, using virtual wax-up teeth, wax-up for esthetic restorations, and making clear aligners for missing teeth!

This section is quite exciting and fun at the same time! We cover the basics of CBCT scanning, understanding the role of cheeks and soft tissue separation technique, positioning patients for scanning, performing scans, processing DICOM files, and multiple free or low-cost methods to convert from DICOM to STL files for 3D printing. Finally, we cover amazing new innovations of scanning denture teeth, dental models and other objects with your CBCT scanner to utilize in restorative dentistry and printing techniques!

Topics include:

Understanding Radiographic Options for Dental Applications

Using a CBCT Scanner: Understanding Patient Positioning, Voxels, and Field of View

Soft Tissue Isolation

Preparing a Patient for a CBCT Scan

Making a CBCT Scan and Processing DICOM Files

Converting DICOM to STL: Software Options

Downloading and Installing Open Source Imaging Software For Converting from DICOM To STL

Demonstrating Multiple Software Methods for Converting DICOM to STL

Using Open Source CAD Software to Clean-Up Medical Models Prior to Printing

Guided implant surgery with 3D printed guides is an amazing way to practice! This exciting section covers everything you will need to get started with 3D printing your own bio-compatible surgical guides in your office for a few dollars instead of hundreds at the laboratory! We cover the basics to advanced concepts and also review actual surgeries and techniques for placing dental implants with guided surgery instruments.

Just released in 2018, this amazing new section focusing on full-arch implantology, soft tissue supported, guides, partial extraction cases, guide pins, and working with more complex designs than in Section V! We
cover the basics of full-arch guides to dvanced concepts and demonstrate with video-recorded surgeries
and techniques for placing dental implants.

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the standards of the Academy of General Dentistry Program Approval for Continuing Education (PACE) through the joint program provider approval of UNLV School of Dental Medicine and Dr. Scherer. UNLV School of Dental Medicine is approved for awarding FAGD/MAGD credit. AGD Pace Provider 213111. Nationally Approved From 6/1/2017 - 5/31/2021.

UNLV School of Dental Medicine is an ADA CERP approved provider. ADA CERP is a service
of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality
providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual
courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry.

Your Instructor

Michael Scherer

Dr. Michael Scherer is an Assistant Clinical Professor at Loma Linda University, a Clinical Instructor at University of Nevada – Las Vegas, and maintains a practice limited to prosthodontics and implant dentistry in Sonora, California. He is a fellow of the American College of Prosthodontists, has published articles related to implant dentistry, clinical prosthodontics, and digital technology with a special emphasis on implant overdentures. As an avid technology & computer hobbyist, Dr. Scherer’s involvement in digital implant dentistry has led him to develop and utilize new technology with CAD/CAM surgical systems, implement interactive CBCT implant planning, and outside of the box radiographic imaging concepts. Dr. Scherer also maintains several YouTube channels: “LearnLOCATOR”, “LearnLODI”, “LearnSATURNO”, “The 3D Dentist” and "LearnF-Tx" - popular YouTube channels on standard and narrow diameter dental implant procedures and digital dentistry.

Frequently Asked Questions

The course starts now and never ends! It is a completely self-paced online course - you decide when you start and when you finish.

How long do I have access to the course?

For as long as you like! After enrolling, you have unlimited access to this course for as long as you like - across any and all devices you own.

Will I be able to follow-along?

Absolutely! Our course is an interactive, self-guided journey through digital dentistry techniques. Included are interactive files for you to be able to work closely with the instruction given on the screen.

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